ORANTES-HERNANDEZ v. THORNBURGH

No. 88-6192.

919 F.2d 549 (1990)

Crosby Wilfredo ORANTES-HERNANDEZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Richard THORNBURGH, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Vacated December 11, 1989.

Resubmitted March 27, 1990.

Decided November 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Bybee and Thomas M. Bondy, Appellate Staff, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Mark D. Rosenbaum, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Laini Millar-Melnick and Clara A. "Zazi" Pope, Amnesty Intern. USA, Los Angeles, Cal., for Amnesty Intern. USA as amicus curiae.

Deborah Anker, Cambridge, Mass., for National Immigration Project and American Immigration Lawyers Ass'n as amicus curiae.

Before SCHROEDER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and VUKASIN, District Judge.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

I. Introduction

This is an appeal from the entry of a permanent injunction in favor of the plaintiffs in a class action against United States government immigration officials. The plaintiff class is composed of Salvadoran nationals who are eligible to apply for political asylum, and who have been or will be taken into custody by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The district court's injunction, together with its...

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